EN531
Protection for industry workers exposed to heat
This norm specifies the demands of results and the test methods to the materials used in the articles and the recommendations relatives to the form of the needed article.
This norm is applicable to the protection articles for the industry workers that are exposed to the heat. A cloth that is composed by clothing articles constituted by flexible materials destined to protect specific body parts. The hoods and gaiters are included, but all of the other types of head protection are excluded.
The protection cloth that respects the demands present in the European norm destines to protect the industry workers against the brief contacts with a heat font. The heat can present itself in the shape of heat by convention, radiant heat, important projections of molten metals or of a combination of this heat risks.